Transcript Strategies for Sustainable Development as Policy

Results of the survey among
Sustainable Development Coordinators
[Key objectives and topics]
Wilhelm Zwirner & Gerald Berger
ESDN Office
ESDN Conference 2009
“Options and Opportunities for the Future EU Sustainable Development Strategy”
Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009
Methodological background
• during April & May 2009, the ESDN Office undertook a survey based
on telephone interviews with SD coordinators from 21 Member
States
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4. Inclusion of Lisbon Strategy priorities
 Results will be presented in two
parts
in the
future EU SDS
1) key objectives and topics (18 June, afternoon before working groups)
2) governance mechanisms and institutional structures (19 June, morning before
working groups)
ESDN Conference 2009
Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009
Key objectives and topics (1/4)
1. General aim and purpose of the future EU SDS
• future EU SDS should be a general development strategy with a long•
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term view (meta-strategy for all sectoral policy strategies)
should include a set of limited key challenges (well defined
and precisely formulated)
should reflect upon the challenges posed by the global financial and ec
onomic crisis + comprise a clear definition of the link between economic
growth and SD
should define horizontal and vertical policy integration as well as outline
clear governance mechanisms and institutional structures
concrete measures for the implementation of the EU SDS should be
formulated in an Action Plan
EU SDS should clearly define the role of the EU in pursuing international SD
objectives
ESDN Conference 2009
Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009
Key objectives and topics (2/4)
2. Key challenges (objectives, topics) of the future EU SDS
• SD coordinators seem generally content with the key challenges included in the
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current EU SDS
However, macro-economic issues should be included as additional key
challenge (addressing the link between economic growth and SD in the EU SDS)
Some of the current key challenges should either be expanded, split or addressed
differently
• the cross-sectoral character of each key challenge should be better specified
• a strong link to the policy sectors is necessary (where objectives and targets of
key challenges are decided in sectoral policy circles)
• future EU SDS should include links to the Lisbon Strategy objectives for each key
challenge
• revise the current key challenges with regards to the challenges posed by the
financial and economic crisis
• detailed objectives and targets of the key challenges should be defined in a
separate Action Plan (for MS and sub-national levels)
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Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009
Key objectives and topics (3/4)
3. Specifications of key challenges
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Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009
Key objectives and topics (4/4)
4. Inclusion of Lisbon Strategy priorities in the future EU SDS
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ESDN Conference 2009
Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009
Key objectives and topics
Agenda
14:30 – 16:15
Session 2: Options and opportunities for the future EU SDS –
Key objectives and topics
14:30
“Results and lessons learned from the Spring Alliance process”
John Hontelez, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
14:50
Key objectives and topics – Results of the survey among SD coordinators from
the EU Member States
ESDN Office
15:00
Parallel working groups
Options and opportunities for the future EU SDS – key objectives and topics
16:15-16:45
ESDN Conference 2009
Coffee break
Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009
Key objectives and topics
Working Groups in Session 2
8 parallel working groups on the same topic.
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WG 1
WG 2
WG 3
WG 4
WG 5
WG 6
WG 7
WG 8
Sissy Freytag
Inge Lardinois
Daniel Wachter
Holger Dreiseitl
André Martinuzzi
Michal Sedlacko
Wilhelm Zwirner
Gerald Berger
 WGs 1-4 will be in the main conference room, WGs 5-8 in separate rooms.
ESDN Conference 2009
Prague, 17 – 19 June 2009